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Lyon

in Utah

There are 379 people with the last name "Lyon" in Utah.

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Ranking in Utah

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Lyon 720
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  1. is 716th most common Browning
  2. is 717th most common Thurgood
  3. is 718th most common Avila
  4. is 719th most common Hone
  5. is 720th most common Lyon
  6. is 721st most common Horne
  7. is 722nd most common Bangerter
  8. is 723rd most common Chidester
  9. is 724th most common Hull

Similar Names and Nicknames

Lyons, Leon, Lynn, Looney, Leone, Luoma, Leoni, Lynne, Lion, Leona

Most Common First Names for Lyon

Michael, John, Stephen, Jeff, Nathan, Paul, Richard, Robert, Carolyn, David

Meaning & History

Scottish, English and French: from Old French, Middle English lion (Latin leo, genitive leonis), hence a nickname for a fierce or brave warrior, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a lion.

Scottish, English, French, and Dutch: habitational name from the city of Lyon in south central France (English name: Lyons), or from the smaller Lyons-la-Forêt in Eure, Normandy. The name of the former is recorded in the 1st century BC as Lugdunum and is from the name of a Celtic god Lug (or this as a personal name, from a word meaning ‘brightness’) + dunon ‘hill fort’.

Scottish and English: from the name Leo(n) (from Latin leo ‘lion’, or the cognate Greek leōn), borne by numerous early martyrs and thirteen popes.

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin (see Lane 2).

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